(April 11, 2020 at 7:05 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(April 11, 2020 at 6:42 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: I was just reading a bunch of posts on Facebook by people who have decided that Trump is correct that antibiotics (specifically Azithromycin) can help cure Covid.
Suddenly, antibiotics can fight viruses. That's new.
I understand that the potential resulting pneumonia would respond to antibiotic therapy but I have found that a Z-Pak is almost as useful as a bag of M&Ms. I refuse the offer of it and demand something else because if I don't I will be back to the doctor in two weeks sicker and in need of something that actually works.
If CORVID-19 gives you pneumonia, it’s most likely going to be viral. In that case, antibiotic therapy is going to do sod-all (if you develop bacterial pneumonia, it would make sense).
I never knew how many epidemiologists were on Facebook...
Boru
Good point on the viral pneumonia...my bad...I have only had pneumonia in the past that was helped with antibiotics. Should have thought that through better.
Yeah...not epidemiologists but Trumpophiles who will latch on to any and everything he says and believe it. They will believe him over a doctor or scientist no matter what.
Have also seen the anti-vaxxers freaking the fuck out and even claiming the government is force everyone to be vaccinated. The autism stories abound.
I'm your huckleberry.
